Creative Success Depends on Long View
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In this podcast, we feature author Taylor Marsh, who [read more]
Commitment At Birth
We parents, bring our kids into this world to love, protect, clothe, feed, guide, and teach them.
We who have kids with ADHD quickly learn another verb that must be added: Advocate! We know our kid better than the world. We know how his impairments [...]
Hedonistic Pirates: Modern Indulgences
One day I was working in one of my favorite local café’s to focus down and get work done.
Sitting close by was the unwitting subject of this discussion.
The café is a public place. There were lots of people sitting around doing what they [...]
Make Your Marketing Easier With SYSTEMS
The best marketing ideas or business development strategies won’t help you grow your business if they don’t get executed consistently.
The most common marketing problem I find happening with small business owners is that the business development [...]
Conversations With The Tuesday Night Girls: Alphabet Soup
Texting.
These days, everyone does it, unless they are on an airplane. Even church pews and movie theaters are not exempt from the buzzing and dinging of text message notifications.
Of course I have the usual etiquette complaints such as texting [...]
Safeguarding Friendships: A Way To Care For You & Your Friends
It’s been said that a “best friend” constitutes a miracle of the universe.
During your lifetime, you attach to certain individuals who “mesh” with you mentally, spiritually and physically. At first, you share the weather, sports [...]
Ready To Give Up Some Things & See Your Happiness Explode?
All of us seem to hang onto so many things that cause us pain, stress and much soul-searching.
We need to let some things go – throw away old habits and allow ourselves to be truly happy.
Ready to go?
Give up your need to always be right. [...]
30 Second Cure When You Just Feel Like Screaming!
How many times a day do you just feel like screaming?
Most of us lead frantic, chaotic, stressful lives. Whether you have young children hanging on your bathrobe, you face a daily grind of a workload, or you travel for a living, we all feel [...]
3 Myth’s To Help You Address Your Adult Child’s “Failure To Launch”
Failure to launch.
Either returning home after being away to college, leaving the nest, or having never moved out to begin with, there is generally a variation of one or both of these two scenarios.
For some of these young adults, the current [...]
How To Manage Your Fear Of Public Speaking
I have talked with many people who struggle with speaking in public.
Sometimes a person’s fear and anxiety can overwhelm them when they talk in front of a group of people.
As an author of a managing fear book, here is a list of techniques [...]
Bullying? Round Two At Rutgers?
As Rutgers scrambled this spring in the midst of the player abuse scandal and the wake of the Mike Rice era, they have fallen further down the rabbit hole of controversy with the hiring of Julie Hermann as the new Rutgers Athletics Director.
According [...]
The “5 Minute” And “10 Year Rule” To Easier Living
We all have found ourselves in very angering situations.
These situations invariably always involve other people. Be it a co-worker, family member, spouse, driver, store clerk, and the list can go on and on forever.
The inconsiderate fool [...]
Career Success Lessons From An Impressionist Painter
Recently I saw a film about the later years of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the great impressionist painter.
It was a beautiful movie visually. And, I found some life and career success advice in it.
There is a scene in the film where Renoir tells [...]
People & Animals Heal From Open-Hearted Love
People come to me to heal hurt hearts from family dynamics (both human and animal).
Heart-openings begin with tenderness toward what one finds in his/her own self!
Occasionally, someone assumes I will “fix” their animal or spouse! Somebody [...]
Mark Sanford’s Tricky Path To Redemption
Ike Washington is a made up character but Mark Sanford – U.S. Congressman Mark Sanford – has a story that is stranger than fiction.
Yet the two are connected. Both commit a grievous wrong that begins in secret and ends in disgrace. Discovered, [...]
Dressing for Success: Can You Imagine?
What you can imagine can come true.
And, when it does, what do you do? I experienced a part of my dream with the publication of my first book, a historical fiction mystery series. Writing a book is really good, publishing it is even better, [...]
Life’s Too Short
The diagnosis of my cancer hit hard.
The blow it created that disrupted my life flowed into the lives of my husband, daughter, grandchildren, and many more around me.
For weeks after we got the news every time my husband and I walked by each [...]
Book Review: On A Beam Of Light By Jennifer Berne, Illustrated By Vladimir Radunsky
A long time ago a baby named Albert was born.
He didn’t talk much as a baby. He didn’t talk much as a toddler. He didn’t talk much as a child. But with his big, curious eyes he looked at the world around him and wondered.
Then one day [...]
5 Ways To Find Hope
In the movie Forest Gump, the main character is so wonderful because he always has a positive attitude.
Many things happen to him in his journey but he never loses his positive outlook. He maintains his innocence throughout the story.
Our world [...]
Why Are Criminals Moving From PCs To Mobile Devices?
The number of households in the United States that rely solely on mobile phones continues to increase.
As of July 2011, 31 percent of households had mobile phones and no landlines. Additionally, almost one in six households used mobile phones [...]
Doesn’t Feel Good About His Life? The Relationship Will Not Work!
The world famous A-List star Brad Pitt is a shining example of this!
Pitt, who is now promoting his new film, “World War Z,” told Esquire magazine that he was wasting his life on drugs during his marriage to Jennifer Aniston.
Although Pitt [...]
What No App For This?
Creators need stuff in order to make their magical ideas come to life, but managing all that material can be overwhelming, and your IPad won’t help.
The way you keep all the things that inspire your ideas, is as important as having the supplies [...]
Put Worry to Work: 3 Steps To Be Worry Free
Something is not right, so you start to worry.
You have heard rumors of downsizing at your job. Worry sets in. A relationship folds, you worry that you will not find another partner. The doctor calls and asks you to stop by her office, worry [...]
Stop Blaming Yourself For Everything!
We all know people who won’t take responsibility for anything; they are forever blaming others for their problems.
But some of us have the opposite problem – we take the blame for everything, including things that are not our responsibility.
A [...]
What A Necktie Can Teach You About Success
Yesterday I was visiting clients.
At my first stop, my client looked at me and said, “You’re wearing your UVA (University of Virginia) tie today. ” His son is graduating from high school and enrolling at UVA in the fall.
I left his [...]
Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
Are you still the fairest of them all?
When you look in the mirror, do you see someone you don’t recognize or someone much older than you feel? Baby boomers want to remain vigorous and healthy, yet many are sinking into a hole of pain and [...]
Podcast: Romantically Challenged
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Selena Templeton, who after a long string of failed relationships, began to recognize a pattern. She was always dating men who were unavailable, either physically or emotionally.
In her JenningsWire blog, Romantically Challenged, [...]
Podcast: How To Stop “Feeling Lost” – The Eclipses & You
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JenningsWire blogger, Elaine Marolakos Edelson, is one of the country’s foremost and gifted astrologers and intuitives. With over 30 years experience as a Spiritual Counselor, Elaine has a worldwide clientele and audience [...]
Why Everyone Should Work In Sales At Least Once
A few days ago I was standing in line at an office supply store.
I overheard the woman behind the counter tell a customer that he couldn’t return his printer ink cartridges because they had been opened.
The man in line simply said, “OK, [...]
Judgment Alert, Here Comes Another Lunar Eclipse
Maybe you don’t follow astrology and don’t realize there’s a reason behind the ‘spinning.’
Perhaps you think you’re the only one who feels like they’re going nuts. Maybe you’re just hoping to get [...]
The Best Way To Handle Gossip In Your Life
We all have dealt with gossip at our job and in our personal life.
I tend not to get involved with people who like to gossip on a regular basis, however I found it difficult to stay neutral.
Here are some suggestions on how to deal gossip in [...]
Podcast: Incremental Rationalization: Friend or Foe?
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J.A. Rodriguez Jr. is CEO of Make My Day Strategies LLC and an International Fortune 100 senior manager responsible for supporting billions of dollars in global contracts in the areas of safety and health compliance, program development, [...]
Podcast: Ignite Your Staff
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Dr. Leah Hollis, president of Patricia Berkly LLC and healthy workplace advocate has done extensive research on workplace bullying, harassment and retaliation.
Leah serves as a graduate professor in leadership studies, training [...]
The Power Of A ‘Thank You’ Note
When I was a little girl, my father would always say that the best part about receiving a gift, was the chance to say, “thank you”.
I never really understood that back then, because sitting down at the dining room table with a box of crayons [...]
Podcast: Midlife Dating: 5 Keys To Dating Success
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Amy Sherman is a Therapist, Relationship Coach and the founder of the Baby Boomers’ Network.
She is the co-author of 99 Things Women Wish They Knew Before Dating After 40, 50 and Yes, 60! and has worked with individuals [...]
Podcast: How Is Your Spirit Working For You?
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Mary Ann Sheveland is the author of Journey of My Heart, A Memoir. In her book, she shares her personal experiences with her husband’s terminal heart disease. This was a journey that lasted nineteen years yet through the [...]
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